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WAR GAR.

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Application filed May 11,

To all whomit maycon-cerm Beitknown that I, DANIEL WASHINGTON residing at Charlotte, in the county of Mecklenburg and .State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful \Var-Car, of which the following is a specification. This invention relates to motor driven cars for use in warfare and more especially of that type arranged to receive rapid fire and ma- .Qne ob ect of the invention is to provide an improved general construction of such a device.

.vide an improved 'forsuch a car;

- ca e 4 several views, and Figure 1 thereof i0 ingshot'rising therethrough and injuring the machinery. This V;strea1ns which are not the invention Another of the invention is to prodisposition of the armor object The invention consists in the general of 9.

having outwardly flaring armor sides, mounted on motor driven trucks, and provided with suitable gun emplacements. 7 The invent-ion further consists in certain novel details of arrangement, andcombmations of fully illustrate described, accompanying parts hereinafter drawings in' the In the accompanymgdrawings like charactors of reference indicate like parts in the is a top plan view of the invention, Fig' is a bottom view Fig. 3 is a transverse section therethrough. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sec- 7 tionv there through.

Themain frame of the invention isbuilt up of steel shapes-as indicated at '10, and is provided with outwardly flaring armor sides 11. A bottom 12 serves to close in the body of and is preferably made of armor of somewhat less thickness than that of the sides to. prevent the possibility of glancbottom is preferably made water tight so thatin the event of the car crossinga stream or the like Water will not 4a 1 car.-

riseand injure machinery and contents of the Further by this means there a species of boat which may is formed l he floated across bridged and which are l toodeeptoford. In order to render this bottom water tight all part s of the ma reject therethrough are pro-' These ack-' shown as they may e o any form hich is found desirable. Spaced above the bottom 12 is a deck'13. The

MEACHAM, OF CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1908. Serial No. 432,144,

jgine 19 in this room and the same may here shown is to connected to th I ,A similar lever is attached to a rock and the deck at 29 and in preferably provided with Gatling or other revolving cannon.

Patented Jan. 5,1909.

car is mounted on suitable axles vi and 15, these axles being supported on springs 16. Mounted upon the ax es 14 and 15 are wheels 17. Thesewheels may be of any desire width of face that is found best adapted to be usedin the various sizes of war cars, and the face maybe either plain or corrugated, or may be providedwith suitable tractor blades. In the instance here shown the rear axle is indicated by the numeral 14 and the front axle by the numeral 15. v Within the body of the car at'18 is shown an engine room. There is provided an ope gasoline, steam, or electrically driven. It is therefore to be understood that the engine be taken-as merelytypical of any engine to be used for this purpose. Connected to this engine by suitable gearings 20 is a main drive shaft 21 which is in turn connected to the axle 14 by suitable beveled gears 22. A suitable operatin lever 23 extends upward through the doc and is provided at its lower end with a connecting rod 24' which extends into'the engine room and is regulating device.

e engine shaft rod27 and actuates brakes 28; Between the bottom of the vehicle there are. provided suitable store rooms and tanksas indicated the event of a gasolene motor being used therewill be a tank for gasolene and another tank for the cooling Water.

26 which is connected to a the band shown pipes 30 and .51 leading respectively from the water and gasolene tanks; Access is had to the various store rooms and tanks by means of hatch-ways 32 and 33 which are hinged doors as shown.- At 34 is indicated a steering-wheel which is provided with the worm shaft and worm 35. The worm gear 36 is vfixed to a rock shaft 37 and meshes withthe worm before mentioned. The rock shaft 37'is provided with a suitable rock arm and is connected by means of a link 38'with the steering knuckle of the front Wheels.

Around the peripheral portion of the armor sides are provided gun emplacements 39 for rapid fire guns and similar emplacemenisji for P the emplacements 39 are mounted rapid fire guns 41 and upon the emplaoem'ents are mounted Gatling 'orothe: revolvingcannon .1

As this is the'preferredform there have been as indicated by 42. Between the gun e1nplacements there are provided magazines 43, there being one for each one of the guns.

'lhis device is not only adapted to carry guns as herein described, but is provided with a U bar 44 at the rear end thereof to which may be attached the trail of heavy artillery. lhe device thus forms a traction engine for the heavy artillery as Well as carry its own light guns.

It is intended that-this device shall carry a number of spare parts sii ch as Wheels and the like, so that in the etent of injury to any of the parts while in use the same may be readily replaced. 1

'1 he ends of the device are preferably made circular in plan so that there is obtained a broadside eifect of all the guns mounted on the sides and at least half of the guns mounted at the ends. in this instance there would be at least five guns adapted. for broadside fire and at least four for fire from the ends.

It is-desired especially to call attention to the fact that by the outwardly flaring arrangement of the armor, any bullet that may strike the same will be deflected downward and buried in the ground thus preventing danger to troops that might be positioned on either side of, or in the rear of the machine by the glancing of the bullet from the armor were the same vertical or inwardly inclined. It is further desired to call attention to the fact that this device does away iiith horses and thus there is no necessity of loading or unloading the arms and equipments as is the scares case where it is desired to transport gunsof this description on railroad cars or the like.

Having thus described the invention what is ciaiu'ied is 1. In a war car, a main frame, outwardly flaring armored sides formed thereon, a Water-tight armored bottom carried thereon, in combination with a steering truck, and a motor-driven truck.

2. In a war-car, a main frame, outwardly 4 flaring armored sides supported on 'said frame, a water-tight armored bottom, in combination \iith a steering truck, and a motor driven truck supporting said frame, gun emplacements spaced around the upper periphery of said body and magazines engines and st0re-rooms formed in said body.

In a War car, a main frame, outwardly flaring armored sides supported on said main frame, a water-tight bottom arranged to complete the body of said car in connection with the sides, a motor driven truck, a steering truck, springs connecting said truck to the heme, gun emplacements spaced around the upper part of said body, magazines be tween said gun cmplacements, and centrally disposed engines and store-rooms in said body.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, i have hereto aflixed my signature I, in. the presence of two Witnesses. t"

DANIEL WASHING'NN amount. Witnesses P. J. GRIBBLE, Srmonr BEAM. 

